Each device that's connected to the world wide web has a special identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etc. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced initially, has been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up by a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. A good example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format is designed for a considerably greater number of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia website hosting CP, which comes with our shared hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record with ease. When you are in the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you will find all records that you have for any hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA and then simply input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's not likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of than other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record will be active and your domain name will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. Additionally, there is an option to edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be active if you edit it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you ought to create an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have created, it will take you only a few mouse clicks within the Hepsia CP to accomplish this. Even if you have never had a website hosting account before, you will not encounter any issues as you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All of the DNS records for your domain names will be listed in a section of the CP with the same name, so as soon as you go there, you will notice all records which have been created automatically or manually and you will be able to set up a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with only a couple of clicks you can choose the type of record you require and for which domain name or subdomain it'll be set up. Then, just paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely functioning. As an optional setting, you can pick how long this record is going to be active after you change it or remove it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds when the other service provider demands it.